It's true that those you quote a lauded as world class, but they do tend towards the saccharin. My favourite lyrical wordsmith is Mark Kozelek, and he won't get within a million miles of the charts.
Ha ha! There's hundreds of us.
“The boy Gedge has written some of the best love songs of the 'Rock ‘n’ Roll' era. You may dispute this, but I’m right and you’re wrong!” John Peel.